What's with the lag?

TheBristolSimmer · May 2017

I've just opened my game after a month of not playing it - My game lag is even worse than before... who knows what it's like in San Myshuno..

Did the last patch come with more lag for anyone else?

rosemow · May 2017

Hello
I am sorry that you are having this issue.
There are a few things to try to see if they may help with your issues.

If you have cc/mods in your game, move your mods folder to the desktop. Then start the game and see if the lagging issues are still there.

Sometimes having a large amount of items in the sims inventories and household inventory can cause issues. Try removing some of the items from the inventories and see if that helps.

Repairing the game may help. To do that, right click on the sims 4 picture in Origin and click repair.

Lower your graphics settings and see if that helps.
Make sure that your graphics drivers are uptodate.

Try resetting your sims 4 folder and see if that helps. To do that, move your sims 4 folder ( that is in Documents -Electronic Arts - then the sims 4 folder is there ) to the desktop. Then start the game, and a new sims 4 folder will be generated. Exit the game and then copy back the "options.ini" or " options " file and the "saves" , "screenshots" "tray" "custom music " and "mods" folders from the desktop sims 4 folder to the new sims 4 folder, replacing the new generated file/ folders with the old file/folders from the desktop sims 4 folder

Try switching between 32 bit mode and 64 bit mode and see if one of the modes helps the lagging issues more than the other
Go to Game Library in Origin . Right click on The Sims 4 picture.
Click on “Game Properties”. Click on Advanced Launch options.
Change the “When launching this Game” setting to “The Sims 4 32-bit”
Or change the “When launching this Game” setting to “The Sims 4 64-bit”

Try turning off origin in-game and see if that helps. To do that, go,to Game Library in Origin . Right click on The Sims 4 picture. Click on “Game Properties”. Then untick the box that enables origin in-game

Try playing in off line mode and see if that helps.

Move the screenshots folder to the desktop and see if that may help.

alanmichael1 · May 2017

The last 2 patches have improved lag and stuttering sensibly in my game.

rosemow · May 2017

alanmichael1 wrote: »

The last 2 patches have improved lag and stuttering sensibly in my game.

Hello
It is good that you have found that the last two patches have helped with the lagging and stuttering issues in your game

DivieOwl · May 2017

alanmichael1 wrote: »

The last 2 patches have improved lag and stuttering sensibly in my game.

Mine, as well.

rosemow · May 2017

DivieOwl wrote: »

alanmichael1 wrote: »

The last 2 patches have improved lag and stuttering sensibly in my game.

Mine, as well.

Hello.
It is good that the lagging issue has improved in your game with the last two patches.

DeKay · May 2017

San Myshuno is known for its lag especially in the apartments.

rosemow · May 2017

As Dekay said, some simmers have been finding that they experience lag when living in the Apartments in SanMyshuno.

SimGuruNick wrote about the lagging in another post

SimGuruNick wrote: »

Regarding simulation lag and gameplay slowdowns:

These are definitely issues my QA team is aware of and has reproduced and filed reports on. The lag is more a symptom of an issue, as opposed to the issue itself. Simulation lag can happen for a variety of reasons, and some of the reasons we've found have been:

- large amount of items in Sim's Inventories
- large amount of files in the Tray folder
- large amount of Sims/relationships in the save file
- using speed 3 for an extended period of time
- when a child goes to school
- when interacting with a toddler
- when children autonomously do homework
- on San Myshuno apartment lots

If you're encountering freezing or lag in your game for a reason that isn't listed above, I'd love if you could provide me with more info, your save file/folder, your Config.log and Options.ini files (all located in your TS4 folder in Documents).

If you're encountering freezing or lag in your game for a reason that IS listed above, I'd still love your save file. The more save files I can provide to our Performance team, the better, I think.

There are some workarounds you can also try to help alleviate the issues, depending on the cause of your freezing. You can try emptying out inventories of all played Sims, or saving your Sims to the gallery and loading them into a brand new save game. There are some great threads on AHQ with workaround ideas from @crinrict, such as here: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-4-Bug-Reports/WORK-IN-PROGRESS-Issues-with-time-Clock/m-p/5095254#U5095254

I can't tell you when we're going to fix any of these issues, because I don't know. All I can do is to continue collecting reports and making sure that my QA team is seeing the same things that you all are. So if you're freezing/lagging, please send me your files, and any info you have.

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TheBristolSimmer · May 2017

I opened the gallery (shock horror!) before playing my save file.. I restarted the game and it went back to it's usual laggy self.

rosemow · May 2017

TheBristolSimmer wrote: »

I opened the gallery (shock horror!) before playing my save file.. I restarted the game and it went back to it's usual laggy self.

Hello.
Is the lagging issue improved now?

PapayaPancake · May 2017

Something that helped with my stuttering/lag problems was turning on vsync in the nvidia control panel. It was on in the game but forcing it on the nvidia settings helped.

rosemow · May 2017

PapayaPancake wrote: »

Something that helped with my stuttering/lag problems was turning on vsync in the nvidia control panel. It was on in the game but forcing it on the nvidia settings helped.

Hello
@ is helpful to know that doing that has helped with the issues in your game.

DeKay · May 2017

PapayaPancake wrote: »

Something that helped with my stuttering/lag problems was turning on vsync in the nvidia control panel. It was on in the game but forcing it on the nvidia settings helped.

Thank you for this. I might try it on my laptop and see if it helps.

TheBristolSimmer · May 2017

rosemow wrote: »

TheBristolSimmer wrote: »

I opened the gallery (shock horror!) before playing my save file.. I restarted the game and it went back to it's usual laggy self.

Hello.
Is the lagging issue improved now?

The really terrible lag must have been a funny moment, as the game went back to it's usual level of lag after I opened the game again.

rosemow · May 2017

TheBristolSimmer wrote: »

rosemow wrote: »

TheBristolSimmer wrote: »

I opened the gallery (shock horror!) before playing my save file.. I restarted the game and it went back to it's usual laggy self.

Hello.
Is the lagging issue improved now?

The really terrible lag must have been a funny moment, as the game went back to it's usual level of lag after I opened the game again.

It is good that you are not experiencing the increased lag..

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